Banana Rum Fritters

I love fritters of all kinds! Sweet or savory!  I've tried onion fritters, corn fritters, and apple fritters, along with these banana rum fritters! Fruit fritters are even better when you pair them with ice cream! But adding rum just steps it up a notch! And don't worry, you can feed these to children because the alcohol burns off during the frying process. This can be served for dessert or breakfast. I found the original recipe on a cooking site. It was posted by a cook known as Lor.

Banana Rum Fritters

INGREDIENTS:
3 ripe bananas - peeled
1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
1 tsp. rum of your choice
2 tbls. sugar
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
4 tbls. milk
8 tbls. flour
1/4 tsp. grated nutmeg
1/2 tsp. cinnamon powder
corn oil - for frying
powdered sugar - to garnish

DIRECTIONS:
Mash bananas until they are creamed.           

Combine flour, baking powder, sugar, nutmeg and cinnamon.

Add milk, vanilla, rum and bananas.Mix well.

Heat about 1/2 inch of oil in a skillet on medium heat.

Dip a large spoon into oil and scoop batter into the hot oil in the frying pan.

Deep fry until they are brown and crisp on the edges.

Drain on paper towels and serve with confectioners' sugar sprinkled on top and ice cream on the side.

Serves 4